Sokor authorities bust Manila-based gambling ring
South Korean prosecutors have busted an on-line gambling ring operated by Koreans in Manila which cleared some $100 million over 18 months. The Seoul Central Prosecutors Office said four South Koreans have been charged. Two others have fled abroad but prosecutors will seek to have them extradited.
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Interesting gambling facts:
- French mathematician Blaise Pascale is often credited with inventing the roulette wheel as a result of his experiments with perpetual motion machines.
- The first airplane flight to Las Vegas was made in May, 1920, with Lieutenant Randall Henderson, editor of the Blythe, California Herald, and Jack Beckley.
- Dice games have existed in one form or another for over 2000 years and were originally played with dice fashioned from the knucklebones of sheep.
- 1951: On September 4, Frank Sinatra makes his Vegas debut, performing in the Crystal Room at the Desert Inn.
1959: Wayne Newton performs in Vegas for the first time, despite the fact that he is still too young to enter a casino.
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